VentureOut Italy

Tech Renaissance, an Italian Pitch Night

November 29, 2017 6:00pm 25 W 39 St, 14th Fl

On November 29th, VentureOut will present an Italian event, a pitch night featuring some of the hottest tech startups from Italy. These promising founders will join us and our esteemed panel of venture capitalists for a night of great pitches, great drinks and a whole lotta fun!

PRESENTERS

Investor Panelists

Todd Breeden

Todd Breeden

Principal, Kiwi Venture Partners

Todd has over 7 years of investment experience ranging from venture capital, shareholder activism, distressed investing and restructuring advisory. He joined Kiwi Ventures as a principle in 2016. Prior to that, he worked at StarVest in 2013 as a post-MBA associate specializing in enterprise software and is primarily responsible for sourcing new investment opportunities, due diligence, and on-going value added services such as financial planning for portfolio companies. Additionally, he also served on the board of the Columbia Entrepreneurship Organization and is a mentor to many of NYC's growing startups. Todd holds a B.A in Economics and Mathematics from Georgetown University and received his M.B.A from Columbia Business School in 2013.

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Ryan Armbrust

Ryan Armbrust

Partner, ff Venture Capital

Ryan Armbrust is a Partner at ff Venture Capital. In this role he focuses on investment opportunities across a range of emerging industries, including robotics, machine learning, and broader consumer technologies. Ryan has experience providing targeted growth guidance to ffVC investments including GreatHorn, GoSkip, Dashbot, Bloomz, Wade & Wendy, Plated, and Top Flight Technologies.

Prior to joining ffVC, Ryan spent seven years at Columbia Technology Ventures, where he commercialized the early- stage technology developed within the research labs of Columbia University. Working with inventors and technologies in areas from computer science and machine learning to architecture and 3D printing, Columbia is where he developed an aptitude for approaching investment decisions through an academic, analytical lens.

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Bruce Taragin

Bruce Taragin

Blumberg Capital, Managing Partner

Bruce has 23 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate attorney. Prior to joining Blumberg Capital in 1998, Bruce co-founded and held several senior management positions within technology companies including Charles River Computers. Bruce also structured and managed early-stage technology transactions at Hambrecht & Quist, Mayer Brown & Platt and Bankers Trust Company. A native of New York, Bruce earned his BA in Finance and Communications, cum laude, from Yeshiva University, and his MBA and JD from Fordham University.

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Andrew Ackerman

Andrew Ackerman

Managing Director, DreamIt Ventures

Andrew is recovering consultant turned serial entrepreneur, startup mentor and angel investor. The Managing Director for DreamIt’s New York program, Andrew is also a contributing writer to AlleyWatch.com. In a previous life, Andrew led Bunk1.com as COO/Head of Product where he built it from scratch to the leading provider of web services to the summer camp industry. In 2008, Andrew moved on to manage a family office where he was responsible for both incubating new ventures and for managing over $50M of alternative assets including hedge, private equity, and venture capital funds.

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

We are proud to host VentureOut Italy program in partnership with Italian Business & Investment Initiative.

The VentureOut Italy program focuses on connecting the best up and coming Italian startups to New York's finest and most respected members of the startup and technology communities. This includes strategy workshops in everything from fundraising to sales, expansion strategy support including legal, IP, tax and immigration, keynotes and expert panels including leaders at top U.S. technology companies and an opportunity to pitch some of NYC's most esteemed venture investors.

Please see below for details on the program and click "Event Details" above to learn about our pitch night and see details on the participating startups. We hope you can join us!

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Program Mentors

Lexie Kier

Lexie Kier

Managing Director, The AOK Group

Lexie Kier is Principal Strategist and Founder of AOK Group, a growth consultancy for startups. She advises young companies on fundraising, customer insights, branding and marketing and often takes on interim leadership roles to help with periods of intense change, entry into new markets, and expansion.

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Josh Rochlin

Josh Rochlin

CEO, Xtify

Josh Rochlin was an early pioneer in the New York Internet venture community, founding MyCalendar.com and serving as its CEO before selling it to Sports Huddle in 2001 (now owned by CBS).

Josh then led business development and strategy at GoAmerica (GOAM), the first wireless internet service provider (now Purple Communications). Prior to IBM's acquisition of Xtify, josh served as its founding CEO. Prior to joining Xtify, Josh served as the Chief Administrative Officer at Marc Ecko Enterprises, where he oversaw all non-apparel businesses and ventures.

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Chris Gorges

Chris Gorges

Managing Director, Infinia Group

I am a Managing Director at Infinia Group, where I lead Infinia Ventures, our practice dedicated to the startup ecosystem (previously known as Rocketure). Before Infinia, I was a at Havas Worldwide New York following a stint as a freelance strategy consultant at a number of creative agencies. I've done strategy consulting work in brand, digital, and growth strategy for client ranging from startups to Fortune 500 and the US government.